State v. Moore, SC13–1236.

Decision Date14 January 2016
Docket NumberNo. SC13–1236.,SC13–1236.
Citation181 So.3d 1186 (Mem)
Parties STATE of Florida, Petitioner, v. Jimmy MOORE, Jr., Respondent.
CourtFlorida Supreme Court

Pamela Jo Bondi, Attorney General, Trisha Meggs Pate, Bureau Chief, and Kathryn Lane, Assistant Attorney General, Tallahassee, FL, for Petitioner.

Nancy Ann Daniels, Public Defender, and Kathleen Ann Stover, Assistant Public Defender, Second Judicial Circuit, Tallahassee, FL, for Respondent.

PER CURIAM.

We initially accepted jurisdiction under article V, section 3(b)(4), of the Florida Constitution to review Moore v. State, 114 So.3d 486 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013), a decision in which the First District Court of Appeal certified the following questions to be of great public importance:

IN ORDER FOR COUNSEL TO WAIVE AN ERROR IN A JURY INSTRUCTION THAT WOULD OTHERWISE BE FUNDAMENTAL, IS IT ONLY NECESSARY THAT COUNSEL AFFIRMATIVELY AGREE TO THE INSTRUCTION, OR IS IT ALSO NECESSARY FOR COUNSEL TO AFFIRMATIVELY AGREE TO THE PORTION OF THE INSTRUCTION THAT IS ERROR AND/OR TO BE AWARE THAT THE INSTRUCTION IS ERRONEOUS?
WHEN A DEFENDANT IS CONVICTED OF EITHER MANSLAUGHTER OR A GREATER OFFENSE NOT MORE THAN ONE STEP REMOVED, DOES THE FAILURE TO INSTRUCT THE JURY ON JUSTIFIABLE OR EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE CONSTITUTE FUNDAMENTAL ERROR NOT SUBJECT TO A HARMLESS ERROR ANALYSIS EVEN WHERE THE RECORD REFLECTS THERE WAS NO DISPUTE AS TO THIS ISSUE AND THERE WAS NO EVIDENCE PRESENTED FROM WHICH THE JURY COULD FIND
JUSTIFIABLE OR EXCUSABLE HOMICIDE?

Id. at 493–94. After further consideration and hearing oral argument in this case, we have determined that we should exercise our discretion and discharge jurisdiction. Accordingly, we hereby dismiss review.

It is so ordered.

NO MOTION FOR REHEARING WILL BE ALLOWED.

LABARGA, C.J., and PARIENTE, LEWIS, QUINCE, POLSTON, and PERRY, JJ., concur.

CANADY, J., dissents.

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  • State v. Spencer
    • United States
    • Florida Supreme Court
    • April 27, 2017
    ...and LAWSON, JJ., concur.1 We previously granted review of Moore , but ultimately discharged jurisdiction. See State v. Moore , 181 So.3d 1186, 1187 (Fla. 2016).2 Because convictions are being reversed on the basis of fundamental error due to the giving of incomplete jury instructions, we re......
  • Knight v. State
    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • February 19, 2018
    ...great public importance a question we certified in Moore v. State , 114 So.3d 486, 489 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013), review dismissed , 181 So.3d 1186, 1186–87 (Fla. 2016).* * *Appellant challenges his conviction and thirty-year sentence for attempted second-degree murder of his former girlfriend.2 ......
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    • United States
    • Florida District Court of Appeals
    • July 28, 2016
    ...in a jury instruction can be waived. See, e.g., Moore v. State, 114 So. 3d 486, 489 (Fla. 1st DCA 2013), review dismissed, 181 So. 3d 1186, 1186-87 (Fla. 2016) (finding waiver as to erroneous manslaughter instruction where defense counsel affirmatively agreed to it in spite of having been e......

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